Lets talk about math
if we have an electrode set with 1,5mm space it does not mean that it will take all this space to accelerate ions
ions will collide with other particles in the way so to know how much field a ion can receive before collide is needed to know the pressure of the chamber
at STP there is 2.7 × 10ˆ19 molecules per cm3 forming a 68nm mean free path
this mean that if we apply 1kv/mm =1MV/m of electric field the ions will only be accelerated thru a voltage difference of 68mv so it would have 68mili ev if it was a free electron but as it has a mass the energy may differ right?
so what is the maximum collision energy applying this field at STP for oxygen atom?
if we lower to a lower vacuum the MFP can be increased up to 1000 times down to 1 milibar...
i think to get it working first we need little bit more of voltage than bit of vacuum
first the diatomic molecules when get ionised strongly will double or more in volume since we will be breaking diatomic bonds in oxygen... so monoatomic will double the volume and more its going to get hot i guess..
stan explain electron entrapment as the free electrons forming negative ions mixed with the positive ions
but my understanding says that he may have used a manner to bring the electrons he was taking from oxygen and placing somewhere like the exhaust gas to bring away from the engine...
and or he ionizes the hydrogen gas negatively forming also monoatomic hydrogen making a lot of sense at this point
if we try to add electrons to the hydrogen atom it may not be able to accept it since a hydrogen atom has only 1 proton so it share the electron with the other hydrogen atoms very happy
if we add an electron it will form H2- ions at most i guess.
according to stan theory that there must be missing electrons for the decay to occur it don't appear to me that the excess electrons go to hydrogen, instead i think the same processing oxygen needs hydrogen may need it too so he may have got rid of the electrons by a ground mean or by electrification of the exhaust gas as this would allow for the balance of the voltage...
otherwise is like trying to take the water out of a boat with a hole with a small cup and yet throwing the water back into the boat
there is a limit of how much charge we can get out of an object and it will be related to the voltage it can hold... like a van de graff generator ... there is charge there but if you blow air thru it it will discharge